Nazi Medical Experiments During Ww2

Nazi Medical Experiments
Nazi’s during World War II conducted many cruel and unethical experiments on unsuspecting Jewish victims. The information gained by these experiments is valuable. However, some see the use of this information as cruel and downright offensive. Today, modern scientists are forced to deal with the unethicality of these trials. Today, there are strict relegations placed on human experimentation for scientific and medical advancements. Furthermore, we look back on these experiments as a reminder of how important these rules are. The dreadful atrocities shown and conducted by the Nazi doctors in concentration camps serve as a reminder and deathly warning of the importance of maintaining an ethical moral throughout medical

Along with other Nazi doctors known for human experimentation in Jewish concentration camps, Josef Mengele, also known as the "Angel of Death," was a Nazi physician who conducted gruesome and unethical medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Mengele was stationed in Auschwitz in 1942 to the end of the war, where he focused on his anthropological studies. Joseph studied Jewish prisoners as subjects to his genetic studies , in order to figure out the key to racial cleanliness. Mengele did not prioritize the safety of his patients. He used uncleaned tools and left open wounds. Joseph took a fancy to people with dwarfism and twin siblings. Twins experienced weekly experimentation and persecution. He kept note of their physical attributes to one another. Mengele authorized the un-needed amputation of limbs on these siblings, leaving most of them to die. The twins that did survive the procedure were later killed and left for Mengele to study. Mengele was also noted for removing patients' hearts and other vital organs. All of these procedures were done without

The purpose of these trials were to seek justice for those who could no longer speak. Many jewish doctors and high ranking officials were put on trial as jewish families sought justice for their fallen family members. 4,600 German documents were admitted as evidence during these trials. A main topic covered by these trials were the Nazi medical experiments. Twenty-three head doctors were tried during this time. Brigadier General Telford Taylor led the prosecution of these doctors. Taylor stated this to the courtroom: “The defendants in this case are charged with murders, tortures, and other atrocities committed in the name of medical science.” … But most of these miserable victims were slaughtered outright or died in the course of the tortures to which they were subjected. For the most part they are nameless dead. To their murderers, these wretched people were not individuals at all. They came in wholesale lots and were treated worse than animals." Sixteen doctors were given a guilty sentence. Seven of these doctors were sentenced to